John Chesshyre blue plaque

Runcorn, Halton, England, United Kingdom

Sir John Chesshyre (1662-1738) Sir John Chesshyre was admitted to Gray's Inn in 1682, and was called to the Bar there in 1689. In 1785 he accepted the degree of Serjeant-at-Law. He became one of the Crown Counsel in 1711 as Queen's Serjeant to Queen Anne, and he was knighted in 1713. After the acces

sion of the Hanoverians in 1714, he was reappointed as King's Serjeant to King George I in 1715. In 1727 he was appointed Premier Serjeant-at-Law to King George I, which was the peak of his career. A

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